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/ What you need to know about the different weather factors that could make for a dangerous hurricane season. The official start to the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season is less than a month away, and with several forecast agencies predicting another active year, now is the time to prepare. Hurricanes are not just a coastal problem. Life and property can also be at risk hundreds of miles inland. The hazards, however, are not the same for all locations. Most residents in hurricane prone areas understand how intense the winds can be but many may not realize, or prepare for, other hazards a storm p...

An additional 1 to 3 inches of rain is expected Tuesday. Many communities in Central and South Florida escaped drenching rain over the weekend, but that is already changing to start the new week. Bands of showers and thunderstorms moved onshore the Nature Coast and the Suncoast late Sunday afternoon and evening. One storm prompted a tornado warning in a portion of Pinellas, Pasco, and northern Hillsborough counties shortly before 9:30 Sunday evening. As of Monday morning, a tornado had not been confirmed in the warned area. Storm capable of producing a tornado moving onshore near #Tarpon...

The best chance of storms from the greater Tampa Bay region to the Orlando metro areas and southward is late Saturday night into Sunday. The dry, tranquil stretch of weather that the Sunshine State is known for in April is likely to come to an end this weekend. Some may even experience strong thunderstorms as part of a pattern change. The first of several rounds of showers and thunderstorms is affecting the western Florida Panhandle Thursday morning. Most of the dangerous weather has been offshore, but a few gusty thunderstorms are still possible Thursday afternoon from the Apalachicola Riv...

2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season WUSF is part of the Florida Public Radio Emergency Network, which provides up-to-the minute weather and news reports during severe weather events on radio, online and on social media for 13 Florida Public Media stations. It’s available on WUSF 89.7 FM, online at WUSFNews.org and through the free Florida Storms app, which provides geotargeted live forecasts, information about evacuation routes and shelters, and live local radio streams.

Clusters of strong storms are expected in the Tampa area between 10 p.m. Saturday and 5 a.m. Sunday, while residents in the Sarasota and Manatee region should see the worst weather between 4 and 10 a.m. Sunday.